Cat with world’s loudest purr? (Telegraph)

Smokey, a gray, striped house cat, looks like an average kitty until she purrs, which is so loud that that her owners say it sounds like a lawnmower, hair dryer or a “Boeing 737 coming in to land.”

Literally.

British couple Ruth and Mark Adams say their cat purrs at a noise level of 80 decibels – or 92 decibels up close – which is much louder than the average cat’s purr of 25 decibels, The Telegraph in London reported.

The cat’s sounds – which includes a noise akin to “a dove stuck in her throat” – interferes with TV watching conversations, and has prompted the couple to submit an application for world’s loudest cat purr with the Guinness World Records.

“She even manages to purr while she eats. The only time she is quiet is when she is asleep,” Ruth Adams told the Telegraph.

“When I’m on the phone friends often ask what the loud noise is and they can’t believe it is coming from a cat.”

Exaggeration? There’s some audio on the Telegraph’s story you can click on here.